افلاق

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Ottoman Turkish

افلاق

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic влахъ m (vlaxŭ, “a Roman; a Vlach”), from Proto-Slavic *vòlxъ m (“a Roman”) ultimately from Proto-Germanic *walhaz m (“a non-Germanic foreigner, aCelt; later a Roman”).

Proper noun

افلاق • (eflak)

  1. Wallachia, a former principality in Eastern Europe, now part of South Romania.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: Eflak

Further reading

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “افلاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 121
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “افلاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 159
  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎, 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 238
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